The Weekend Stream: February 22, 2025

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts! A great Carly Simon deep cut gets a fresh mix, plus Phil Collins in concert and new music from The Stylistics. Carly Simon, “Share the End” (2025 Remaster) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Though merely billed as a remaster in the metadata, this upbeat, heartbreaking side-two opener to Simon’s sophomore album Anticipation has been newly remixed. It’s a dramatic revisit of a song that resonates still, and hopefully a portent of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 2

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson, Full Moon: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1973’s Grammy-winning, chart-topping Full Moon was the first duet album Rita Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  Yet, it has never been released on CD outside of Japan – until now!  Real Gone’s new reissue has been expanded with six previously unreleased outtakes: one from the album sessions and five more solo Coolidge recordings from the period.  I’ve written the new liner notes based on my interview with the…

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Higher and Higher: Real Gone’s June Slate Features Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson, Doris Day, Larry Coryell, Jesse Ed Davis and More

As we get further into the spring season, we’ve begun to hear about releases that will be coming out more towards summer.  Among these are the new announcements of titles from Real Gone Music due on June 2.  As always, they are an eclectic group featuring CDs and vinyl reissues. First up are two titles from Rita Coolidge featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese.  1973’s Full Moon was the first duet album Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of three collaborative albums the couple would…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 3

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring Second Disc Records’ first release of the year plus another incredible slate from Real Gone Music, box sets, anthologies, and more! Various Artists, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell’s soulful soundtrack to 1979’s The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, featuring an all-star line-up including The Four Tops, The Spinners, Bell and James,…

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Never Ending Song of Love: Real Gone’s February Slate Includes Delaney & Bonnie, Lesley Gore, Duke Ellington, Lynn Anderson, More

As Christmas approaches and 2016 winds down, we start looking ahead to 2017 and what will be released.  We’ve already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music reissue of Thom Bell’s all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh due in February, and now we’re here to tell you about the rest of Real Gone’s killer lineup for that month. First up are two titles with liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese.  In 2015, Real Gone reissued Lesley’s Gore’s Someplace Else Now album from MoWest.  After leaving that…

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